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God Does Not Give Equal Opportunity
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marineimaging
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I hold to the belief that we tend to over complicate the Word of God. First ask, what about the thief on the cross? He didn't have much time between realizing who Christ was and deciding to believe in him. What set the thief apart was that he knew the difference between right and wrong and then it played out in his accepting of Jesus as Lord.
The first issue of concern is about you and what YOU do when you come to know Christ. As far as the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia go, as for the Chinese or Indians, the Greeks or the Africans..., in Romans 2: 12 - 16 (KJV) Paul states, "For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel."
The issue of not knowing Christ today because someone lives far away from the Western centers for Christian studies is really not much different than the natives in other countries in far away lands when Jesus was sojourning in the Middle East. Just as the ancient peoples did not know Jesus so those Bedouins and shepherds in the hills around Jerusalem did not know him either. Even though he was walking and traveling just miles from where they sat and ate and tended their sheep, they had no link to know him, yet, they knew the difference between right and wrong. God knows that and God will judge that.
On another note when Moses was leading Israel out of bondage Pharoh had seen the power of God repeatedly. His releasing of Israel was not because of a good heart. It was because he was vexed and didn't have any other plans. Once Israel left with the spoils of their captivity he set up to capture them and return them to Egypt. He had seen the power of God first hand, yet still rejected him when he had a chance to believe and trust in him. In similar manner we don't know what people who do not live in the Bible belt know but they do know right from wrong. I say that what others do, how they know, how the find out is something of which you have no control over. Let God judge them and meanwhile, take care of your own spiritual growth in Jesus Christ.
The first issue of concern is about you and what YOU do when you come to know Christ. As far as the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia go, as for the Chinese or Indians, the Greeks or the Africans..., in Romans 2: 12 - 16 (KJV) Paul states, "For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel."
The issue of not knowing Christ today because someone lives far away from the Western centers for Christian studies is really not much different than the natives in other countries in far away lands when Jesus was sojourning in the Middle East. Just as the ancient peoples did not know Jesus so those Bedouins and shepherds in the hills around Jerusalem did not know him either. Even though he was walking and traveling just miles from where they sat and ate and tended their sheep, they had no link to know him, yet, they knew the difference between right and wrong. God knows that and God will judge that.
On another note when Moses was leading Israel out of bondage Pharoh had seen the power of God repeatedly. His releasing of Israel was not because of a good heart. It was because he was vexed and didn't have any other plans. Once Israel left with the spoils of their captivity he set up to capture them and return them to Egypt. He had seen the power of God first hand, yet still rejected him when he had a chance to believe and trust in him. In similar manner we don't know what people who do not live in the Bible belt know but they do know right from wrong. I say that what others do, how they know, how the find out is something of which you have no control over. Let God judge them and meanwhile, take care of your own spiritual growth in Jesus Christ.
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gideon123
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Dear Aspiring Puritan
thank you for volunteering your time for world missions. Now you understand the words of Christ clearly ... Go - and make disciples.
And the wonderful thing ... any faithful believer can participate ... from nine years old to ninety years old!!
thank you for your devotion to serve Him!!
Blessings!!
thank you for volunteering your time for world missions. Now you understand the words of Christ clearly ... Go - and make disciples.
And the wonderful thing ... any faithful believer can participate ... from nine years old to ninety years old!!
thank you for your devotion to serve Him!!
Blessings!!
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